Quotes About Empathy

You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.

Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

“Do not judge, or you will be judged.

For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Shouldnít you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?í

And the second is like it: ëLove your neighbor as yourself.í

For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.í

Then the righteous will answer Him, ëLord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?í

For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,

I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.í

And they too will reply, ëLord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?í

The second is this: ëLove your neighbor as yourself.í No other commandment is greater than these.”

John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.